Fundamental problems lie ahead in t́he drug discovery and commercialization process: Restructuring of the pharmaceutical industry and an improved partnership with academia are required

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 291-302

  Brewer, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CELECOXIB; ESOMEPRAZOLE; GABAPENTIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; OLANZAPINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ACNE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; EPILEPSY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 33845625628     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6650.2006.05030     Document Type: Note

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